Fall 2016: pre-planning
- Form core team
- Develop process plan and timeline
Winter 2017: activate evidentiary process
- Appoint evidence leads and orient them to the accreditation process
- Conduct initial evidence benchmarking and landscape analysis
Summer 2017: initial drafting
- Form working group and begin drafting initial set of claims for criteria 3 and 4
Fall 2017: continue drafting
- Begin drafting initial set of claims for criteria 1, 2, and 5
- Evidence leads begin collecting evidence items
Winter 2018: evidence collection and drafting
- Revise and review first draft of assurance argument
- Evidence leads begin submitting evidence items
Summer 2018: evidence collection and drafting
- Develop evidence database
- Review federal compliance filing requirements; identify key campus contacts
Fall 2018: drafting and connecting evidence
- Complete the majority of evidence collection from campus units
- Continue refining central claims in assurance argument
- Begin drafting federal compliance submission
Winter 2019: public engagement and feedback
- Share draft assurance argument with key stakeholders for review
- Provide online opportunities for campus-wide review and feedback
- Host town hall meetings for students, faculty, and staff
Summer 2019: revising and planning
- Implement feedback from public engagement and make final revisions to assurance argument
- Update and finalize evidence in support of assurance argument
- Review and revise federal compliance filing materials
Fall 2019: final vetting and visit planning
- Vet final assurance argument with University leadership and other key stakeholders
- Collaborate with peer reviewers to craft visit agenda
- Prepare to distribute HLC’s student opinion survey
Winter 2020: campus visit
- Distribute HLC’s student opinion survey
- Submit assurance argument and federal compliance filing
- Campus remote visit: April 20-21